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littlemanpoet · 06-04-2006, 08:01 PM

Good evening. This is a song of loss. An elegy. Samwise Gamgee wrote it in an inspired moment shortly after returning from the Grey Havens. A modern group* has laid claim to the song, and their arrangement will be used for tonight's performance. This is in honor of all those who have lost a special friend, or who have lived through a dire adventure, and now are wistful of its passing.

Another time it might have been so different
Frodo, if only you did not hurt so deeply
but now, for me, it's just a lonely heartache
I've my family, though memory still remains

Far away, away, fading distant light
leaving me far behind, lost in a changing world
and I know that this is the end of an age
I'll remember

Like the story that we wish was never ending
We know sometime we must reach the final page
still we carry on just pretending
that there'll always be one more day to go

Far away, away, fading distant lights
leaving us far behind, lost in a changing world
and you know that this is the end of an age
so remember...

One last hello, one last goodbye
so many things we'll never see again
days of war for a Ring so fraught with peril
seem somehow distant now that you are gone

Far away, away, fading distant lights
leaving us far behind, lost in a changing world
and you know that this is the end of an age
remember

* from Genesis, We Can't Dance: Fading Lights

06-04-2006, 08:01 PM	#11
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Good evening. This is a song of loss. An elegy. Samwise Gamgee wrote it in an inspired moment shortly after returning from the Grey Havens. A modern group* has laid claim to the song, and their arrangement will be used for tonight's performance. This is in honor of all those who have lost a special friend, or who have lived through a dire adventure, and now are wistful of its passing. Another time it might have been so different Frodo, if only you did not hurt so deeply but now, for me, it's just a lonely heartache I've my family, though memory still remains Far away, away, fading distant light leaving me far behind, lost in a changing world and I know that this is the end of an age I'll remember Like the story that we wish was never ending We know sometime we must reach the final page still we carry on just pretending that there'll always be one more day to go Far away, away, fading distant lights leaving us far behind, lost in a changing world and you know that this is the end of an age so remember... One last hello, one last goodbye so many things we'll never see again days of war for a Ring so fraught with peril seem somehow distant now that you are gone Far away, away, fading distant lights leaving us far behind, lost in a changing world and you know that this is the end of an age remember * from Genesis, We Can't Dance: Fading Lights